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Panhandle Indoor Precision Pistol Championship
NRA Pistol Sectional and 1800 Match
The Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club (ARPC) hosted a Precision Pistol Sectional and 1800 aggregate match, the weekend of March 2-3. ARPC has the only club-owned indoor range with turning targets in the state. They can hold matches at 50 feet, which is required for the Sectional, and at 25 yards for other indoor events. Sectional scores are submitted to the NRA by May 1 of every year, so shooters are competing with individuals from other clubs for a national title. Final results are usually published in July.
This year one shooter traveled from South Dakota to attend the matches. Others came from New Mexico and various Texas cities from outside the Panhandle.
This year’s winner of the Sectional was Kenneth G. Warner of Granbury with an 811-12x out of 900 possible. It was a close one since the second and third-place awards went to two shooters with scores of 810-12x and 810-11x; Bill Stamper of Hill City, South Dakota, and Larry Malin of Albuquerque. You can be sure the stat office triple-checked all their scorecards.
Rachel Rogers of Amarillo took first place in the Master Class and Gayle Dye of Albuquerque was First Expert. First Sharpshooter was William Feiereisen of Santa Fe and Mark Gallagher of Wichita Falls took first Marksman honors.
Following the Sectional, shooters competed in a standard NRA 1800 aggregate pistol match, which consisted of a 900 .22 Pistol Match and a 900 Centerfire Pistol Match. Five competitors opted to fire the .22 pistol for both 900s.
Overall winner of the 1800 was Bill Stamper with a 1628- 28x. Gayle Dye was First Expert while Mark Timmons of Amarillo took First Sharpshooter. Mark Gallagher was First Marksman.
For the .22 only shooters, Bertie Nicholson of Bernalillo, New Mexico took first place and Thaland Roberts of Amarillo won first Marksman.
Next year’s Sectional and 1800 Match are scheduled for the first weekend in March at ARPC.
August 2024 Action Pistol Match
Armed Women of America Chapter Meeting Intro to Defensive Shotgun
Members of the High Plains and Claude chapters of Armed Women of America combined on Saturday May 18 for an Intro to Defensive Shotgun class at Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club. Eight ladies attended, seven of which had never shot a shotgun previously.
Instructors, Jeff Tormey and Jordan Coulson, ARPC club members, provided a classroom lecture first on the history of the shotgun and its use in both law enforcement and home defense.
On the range, the ladies received instruction on operation of a shotgun and shooting techniques. Jeff and Jordan demonstrated the importance of knowing how one’s shotgun patterns with various loads. Additionally, ladies were shown the difference between the same load in two different shotguns.
Each of the ladies then was given individual instruction on manipulating a shotgun, from stance, to loading, to pulling the trigger.
Each of the ladies left feeling they knew more about the shotgun than they knew at the start and was confident in her ability to maneuver, operate the gun, and successfully mitigate recoil.